Improvement in vegetable-cutters



H. E. HEWITT.

I Vegetabl-Outter.

No. 203,453. Patented May 11878..

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY E. HEWITT, OF GEORGETOWN,ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN VEGETABLE-CUTTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 203,453, dated May 7,1878 application filed April 6, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY E. HEWITT, of-

Georgetown, in the county of Vermillion and State of Illinois, haveinvented a newrand valuable Improvement in Vegetable-Gutters; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the construction and operation of the same, referencebeing had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification,and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon,

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a part-sectional sideview of my vegetable-cutter. Fig. 2 is a bottom-plan view; and Fig. 3 isan end view thereof.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction of avegetable-cutter, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The annexed drawings, to which reference is made, fully illustrate myinvention.

A represents the base or bed-plate of the machine, provided at its sideswith parallel guides B B, between which the box 0 is moved back andforth, said guides being formed or provided with suitable flanges a a,as shown. The box 0 is, along its sides, provided with shoulders b b, torest upon the flanges a a, while the .flanges a a enter grooves b b inthe sides of the box, thus preventing any upand-down movement of thebox, but allowin g it to move freely back and forth over the bed A. V

In the bed A is a transverse slot, made wider at the bottom than at thetop, and in said slot is placed the knife D, which is, on its underside, provided with a series of lugs or projections, d d. Through theselugs is passed a shaft or rod, h, provided at one end with a crank orarm, f, and having its bearings in the guides or side pieces B B. Bymeans of the arm or crank f the knife D may be set at any angle desiredto cut coarser or finer.

The box 0 is, at its ends, provided with upright standards E E, in theupper ends of which are placed the journals t of a roller, F, saidroller having a central circumferential groove, with a strap, k, wrappedaround the same. One end of this strap is attached to the top, and theother to the bottom, of an upright bar, G, to the lower end of which aplunger, H, is secured.

The journals z z of theroller F are formed with cranks or arms m m,extending at right angles from them, and in opposite directions, asshown.

The box G is moved back and forth by means of a pitman, I, connecting itwith a crank-shaft, J, having a suitable handle at one end for rotatingthe same.

From the bed A rise two standards, 0 O, which are provided at the top,on their inner sides, with circular rims L L, forming teeth m m,inclined upon one side, as shown.

The vegetables to be out are placed in the box 0, and rest upon the baseA, the box having no bottom, and'the plunger H placed on the vegetables.This plunger is prevented from any upward movement by means of a pawl,19, and ratchet-wheel n, as shown.

By now rotating the crank-shaft J the box is moved back and forth,allowing the knife D to out the vegetables as they pass over it. Thisknife is double-edged, and, being hung in the center, as described, itwill tilt according to the direction of the movement of the box, and outcoarser or finer, according to the adjustment or amount of play of thecrank f.

At the end of each stroke one crank, m, strikes one of the inclinedteeth m of the circular rim L, and turns the roller F a certaindistance, whereby the plunger H is fed down to hold the vegetables atall times down upon the bed A, the pawl 19 and ratchet-wheel npreventing any upward movement of the plunger.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A vegetable-cutter provided with up rights 0 0, having circular rimsL L, with inclined teeth m, in combination with rollershaft F, havingarms on m and a plunger, 0perated substantially as shown, and for thepurpose set forth.

2. The combination of the roller F, strap k,

plunger H, with bar Gr, journal 1', with arms m, and the circular rimsL, with inclined teeth m, substantially as and for the purposes setforth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

. HENRY ELI HEWITT. Witnesses:

A. A. TALBOTT, WM. G. LUMBARD.

